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The Animal Breed List below corresponds to the Breed Assessed item in the Animal Data Standard, which defines two data fields to describe Breed:
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Breed Assessed represents a visual assessment of an animal's primary or major breed; and
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Breed Distribution is a two-dimensional matrix of breed identifiers and the proportion of each breed in the animal.
Some Breed names will be suitable for use in a visual assessment of breed, but would not be suitable for use in describing Breed Distribution, and vice versa. For cattle, the formal codes are defined by the ICAR 2 character and 3 character codes where they exist, and informal codes by the prefix column. Where there is an *symbol next to the prefix for the Cattle breed, this indicates an "informal" prefix, where an ICAR 2 character or 3 character code is already listed.
Data for the Animal Breed list uses the following sources: ICAR Interbull Breed Codes, FAO DAD-IS, SIL, FarmIQ, pureFarming, and Oklahoma State University. Links to these sources can be found in the Referenced Documents section of the Animal Data Standard.
Please contact us if you have any questions or if you would like to have a breed added or altered.
| species | breedName | ICARcode3-ch | ICARcode2-ch | prefix | abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cattle | Abondance | ABO | AB | ||
| Cattle | Africander | ||||
| Cattle | Angler | ||||
| Cattle | Angus | AAN | AN | ANG* | |
| Cattle | Angus x | ANGX | |||
| Cattle | Angus Lowline | ||||
| Cattle | Angus Red | ||||
| Cattle | Ankole Watusi | ||||
| Cattle | Aubrac | AUB | AU | ||
| Cattle | Aussie Red | ||||
| Cattle | Australian Lowline | ||||
| Cattle | Ayshire | RDC | AY | AYR* | |
| Cattle | Bazadaise | BZD | |||
| Cattle | Beefalo | ||||
| Cattle | Beef Blend | ||||
| Cattle | Beef Shorthorn | BSH | |||
| Cattle | Beefmaster | BMA | BM | ||
| Cattle | Belgian Blue | BBL | BGB* | ||
| Cattle | Belgian Blue Mixt | WBM | |||
| Cattle | Belgium Red and White | BER | |||
| Cattle | Belmont Red | ||||
| Cattle | Blonde D'Aquitaine | BAQ | BLO* | ||
| Cattle | Blonde D'Aquitaine x | BLOX | |||
| Cattle | Boran | ||||
| Cattle | Braford | BFD | BO | ||
| Cattle | Brahman | BRM | BR | ||
| Cattle | Brand Rood | BRR | |||
| Cattle | Brangus | BRG | BN | ||
| Cattle | British Frisian | BRF | |||
| Cattle | British White | ||||
| Cattle | Brown Swiss | BSW | BS | ||
| Cattle | Buffalo | ||||
| Cattle | Buffalo | CHA | CH | ||
| Cattle | Charolais x | CHAX | |||
| Cattle | Chianina | CIA | CA | CHI* | |
| Cattle | Composite | CPE | |||
| Cattle | CrossBreed | CRB | |||
| Cattle | Dairy Gir | ||||
| Cattle | Dairy Shorthorn | MSH | |||
| Cattle | Danish Red | ||||
| Cattle | Devon DEV | ||||
| Cattle | Devon Red RED | ||||
| Cattle | Dexter | DXT | DR | DEX* | |
| Cattle | Dikbil | DIK | |||
| Cattle | Droughtmaster | ||||
| Cattle | Durham | ||||
| Cattle | Dutch Belted (Lakenvelder) | DBE | |||
| Cattle | Dutch Frisian | DFR | |||
| Cattle | Eringer | ERI | |||
| Cattle | Enderby Island | ||||
| Cattle | Eastern Flanders White Red | BWR | |||
| Cattle | European Red Dairy Bredd | RDC | RE | ||
| Cattle | Friesian | FRI | |||
| Cattle | Friesian x | FRIX | |||
| Cattle | Galloway (including Belted | ||||
| Galloway) | GLW | GA | GAL* | ||
| Cattle | Galloway Belted | GAB | |||
| Cattle | Gasconne | GAS | |||
| Cattle | Gelbvieh | GVH | GV | GEL* | |
| Cattle | Girolando | ||||
| Cattle | Glan Donnersberg | GDB | |||
| Cattle | Greyman | ||||
| Cattle | Groninger | GRO | |||
| Cattle | Guernsey | GUE | GU | ||
| Cattle | Guernsey-Canadian | ||||
| Cattle | Hays Converter | ||||
| Cattle | Hereford | HER | |||
| Cattle | Hereford x | HERX | |||
| Cattle | Hereford Friesian x | HFX | |||
| Cattle | Hereford Horned | HEQ | |||
| Cattle | Hereford Polled | ||||
| Cattle | Hereford White | ||||
| Cattle | Hereford x Angus | ||||
| Cattle | Hereford x Friesian | ||||
| Cattle | Highland Cattle | HLA | HI | HLD* | |
| Cattle | Hinterwalder | HWD | |||
| Cattle | Holstein (Black and White) | HOL | HI | ||
| Cattle | Holstein Red and White | RED | RW | ||
| Cattle | Jersey | JER | JE | ||
| Cattle | Jersey x | JERX | |||
| Cattle | Kerry | KER | |||
| Cattle | KiwiCross | ||||
| Cattle | Limousin | LIM | LI | ||
| Cattle | Lincoln | ||||
| Cattle | Longhorn | LON | |||
| Cattle | Luing | LUI | |||
| Cattle | Maine-Anjou | MAJ | |||
| Cattle | Mandalong Special | ||||
| Cattle | Marchigiana | MAR | MR | MGA* | |
| Cattle | Maremmana | MAE | |||
| Cattle | Mashona | ||||
| Cattle | Meuse-Rhine-Yssel | MRY | |||
| Cattle | Milking Shorthorn | ||||
| Cattle | Mini Scot Highland | ||||
| Cattle | Miniature Hereford | ||||
| Cattle | Mixed Breed | MDB | |||
| Cattle | Montbeliard | MON | MO | ||
| Cattle | Murray Grey | MGR | MG | MUG * | |
| Cattle | Murray Grey x | MUGX | |||
| Cattle | Nellore | NEL | |||
| Cattle | New Zealand Grey | ||||
| Cattle | Normande | NMD | NO | ||
| Cattle | Norwegian Red | RDC | NR | ||
| Cattle | Other | OTH | |||
| Cattle | Parthenais | PAR | PTH* | ||
| Cattle | Pie Rouge | ||||
| Cattle | Piedmont | PIE | PI | PID* | |
| Cattle | Pinzgau | PIN | PZ | ||
| Cattle | Rangemaker | ||||
| Cattle | Red Angus | RAN | |||
| Cattle | Red Devon | RDN | |||
| Cattle | Red Poll | REP | |||
| Cattle | Red Sindi | ||||
| Cattle | Romagnola | ROM | RN | RGA* | |
| Cattle | Rotbut | ||||
| Cattle | Rouge des Pres | RDP | |||
| Cattle | Rouge Flamande | ||||
| Cattle | Sahiwal | SAH | SW | ||
| Cattle | Salers | SAL | SL | ||
| Cattle | Santa Gertrudis | SGE | SE | SAN* | |
| Cattle | Scottish Highland | ||||
| Cattle | Senepol | ||||
| Cattle | Shaver | SHV | |||
| Cattle | Shorthorn Aust Illawara | ||||
| Cattle | Shorthorn Beef | SHB | |||
| Cattle | Shorthorn Beef-Polled | ||||
| Cattle | Shorthorn Polled | ||||
| Cattle | Simmental | ||||
| Cattle | Simmental x | SIMX | |||
| Cattle | Simmental x Fleckvieh | SIM | SM | ||
| Cattle | Simmental-Polled | ||||
| Cattle | South Devon | SDE | SD | SOD* | |
| Cattle | Stabilizer | SBR | |||
| Cattle | Sussex | SUS | SSX* | ||
| Cattle | Swedish Red | RDC | |||
| Cattle | Tarantaise | TAR | TA | ||
| Cattle | Tasmanian Grey | ||||
| Cattle | Tuli | ||||
| Cattle | Tux | TUX | |||
| Cattle | Tyrol Grey | TGR | AL | ||
| Cattle | Verbeter Roodbont | VRB | |||
| Cattle | Wagyu | WAG | |||
| Cattle | Welsh Black | WBL | WB | WEB* | |
| Cattle | Western Flanders meat | BRV | |||
| Cattle | West-Vlaams Rood | BRD | |||
| Cattle | Witrik | WRI | |||
| Cattle | Yak | ||||
| Cattle | Zebu Milking | ||||
| Cattle | Zebu-Beef |
| species | breedName | ICARcode3-ch | ICARcode2-ch | prefix | abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep | Awassi | ||||
| Sheep | Borderdale | BRD | Bdale | ||
| Sheep | Border Leicester | BLE | Bleic | ||
| Sheep | Scottish Blackface | ||||
| Sheep | Booroola Boor | ||||
| Sheep | Carpet Master | CarpMst | |||
| Sheep | Charollais | CHL | Charol | ||
| Sheep | Cheviot | CHE | Chev | ||
| Sheep | ClunForest | ClunFor | |||
| Sheep | Coloured Colour | ||||
| Sheep | Columbia Columbia | ||||
| Sheep | Composite | COM | Comp | ||
| Sheep | Coopworth | COP | Coop | ||
| Sheep | Coopdale | CDL | |||
| Sheep | Corriedale | COR | Corrie | ||
| Sheep | Damara Dama | ||||
| Sheep | Davisdale Davis | ||||
| Sheep | Dohne | ||||
| Sheep | Dorset Down | DDN | DorDn | ||
| Sheep | Dorset Horn | DHN | DorHn | ||
| Sheep | Dorper Black | DorpBlk | |||
| Sheep | Dorper White | DorpW | |||
| Sheep | Drysdale | DDL | Dry | ||
| Sheep | Easycare | ||||
| Sheep | East Friesian | EFR | EFr | ||
| Sheep | El de France | EDF | |||
| Sheep | English Leicester | ELC | ELeic | ||
| Sheep | Exlana | ||||
| Sheep | Finnsheep | FNS | |||
| Sheep | Finnish Landrace | Finn | |||
| Sheep | Finnish x Landrace | FinnX | |||
| Sheep | Finnish x Texel | FinTex | |||
| Sheep | Gotland Pelt | GotPelt | |||
| Sheep | Greeline | GRL | GreeLn | ||
| Sheep | Growbulk | Growbk | |||
| Sheep | Groplus | GRP | |||
| Sheep | Halfbred | HLF | Half | ||
| Sheep | Hampshire | HMP | Hamp | ||
| Sheep | Highlander | HLD | Highlnd | ||
| Sheep | Highlander x Primera | HPX | |||
| Sheep | Ile de France | IleDeFr | |||
| Sheep | Inverdale | Inver | |||
| Sheep | arakul | ||||
| Sheep | Katahdin | ||||
| Sheep | Kelso KEL | ||||
| Sheep | Lacaune | ||||
| Sheep | Lamb Supreme | LSP | Supr | ||
| Sheep | Lamb Supreme x Perendale | LSPX | |||
| Sheep | Lamb Supreme x Romney | LSRX | |||
| Sheep | Landmark | LMK | LandMk | ||
| Sheep | Lincoln | LCN | Linc | ||
| Sheep | Lincworth | Lincwth | |||
| Sheep | Lleyns | Lleyn | |||
| Sheep | Marshall Romney | MarRom | |||
| Sheep | Meat Composite | MComp | |||
| Sheep | Meat Sheep | Meat | |||
| Sheep | Meatmaker | MeatMk | |||
| Sheep | Meatmaster | MeatMast | |||
| Sheep | Merino | MER | |||
| Sheep | NewZealand Marsh | NZMrsh | |||
| Sheep | Oxford x Down | OxfX | |||
| Sheep | Oxford Down | OxfDn | |||
| Sheep | Perendale | PND | Peren | ||
| Sheep | Poll Dorset | PDS | PolDor | ||
| Sheep | Poll Merino | PollMer | |||
| Sheep | Poll Dorset x Texel | PDTX | |||
| Sheep | Poll Dorset x Merino | PDMR | |||
| Sheep | Polwarth | PWR | Polw | ||
| Sheep | Primera | PRM | |||
| Sheep | Ranger | RGR | Rang | ||
| Sheep | Romney | RMN | Rom | ||
| Sheep | Romney x Texel | RTX | |||
| Sheep | Romney x | RMNX | |||
| Sheep | Romanov | ||||
| Sheep | Romdale | RMD | |||
| Sheep | Romney Dorset | RomDr | |||
| Sheep | Romlinc | ||||
| Sheep | Romtex | RMX | |||
| Sheep | Ryeland | RYE | Rye | ||
| Sheep | Scottish Blackface | BlkFace | |||
| Sheep | Sire Max | ||||
| Sheep | Sth Africa Meat Merino | ||||
| Sheep | Stabilised Crossbred | ||||
| Sheep | Shropshire | SHS | Shrop | ||
| Sheep | Stanborough Gotland | StanGot | |||
| Sheep | St.Criox | StCriox | |||
| Sheep | Snowline | SNW | |||
| Sheep | Southdown | SDW | SthDn | ||
| Sheep | South Dorset | SDO | SthDor | ||
| Sheep | South Hampshire | SthHamp | |||
| Sheep | South Suffolk | SSF | SthSuff | ||
| Sheep | Suffolk | SUF | Suff | ||
| Sheep | SufTex | SFX | SufTex | ||
| Sheep | TEFRom | TFM | TEFR | ||
| Sheep | Texel | TXL | |||
| Sheep | Texel x | TexX | |||
| Sheep | Tukidale | Tuki | |||
| Sheep | White Suffolk | ||||
| Sheep | Welsh Hills Speckles | WHSpec | |||
| Sheep | Wiltshire Dorset | WiltDor | |||
| Sheep | Wiltshire Horn | WHN | |||
| Sheep | Wiltshire | WSH | Wilt | ||
| Sheep | Wiltshire Horn |
| species | breedName | ICARcode3-ch | ICARcode2-ch | prefix | abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer | Axis | ||||
| Deer | Bawean | ||||
| Deer | Chinese water | ||||
| Deer | Composite Deer | Compo | |||
| Deer | Danish | ||||
| Deer | Eastern | ||||
| Deer | Elk Wapiti | ELK | |||
| Deer | English | ||||
| Deer | European Euro | ||||
| Deer | Fallow | FLW | |||
| Deer | Formosan Sika | ||||
| Deer | Furzeland | Furzeld | |||
| Deer | Furzeland | ||||
| Deer | Hog | ||||
| Deer | Hungarian | Hungarn | |||
| Deer | Mesopotamian | ||||
| Deer | Muntjac | ||||
| Deer | NZ Red | ||||
| Deer | Pere David | ||||
| Deer | Red | RDD | |||
| Deer | Roe | ||||
| Deer | Romanian | Romann | |||
| Deer | Rusa (Sundar Samba) | ||||
| Deer | Sambar | ||||
| Deer | Sika | ||||
| Deer | Unknown Deer | Unk | |||
| Deer | Wapiti | ||||
| Deer | Warnham | Warnhm | |||
| Deer | White-tail | ||||
| Deer | Woburn | ||||
| Deer | Yugoslavian | Yugoslv |
| species | breedName | ICARcode3-ch | ICARcode2-ch | prefix | abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goat | Adal | ||||
| Goat | Alpine | ||||
| Goat | Altai Mountain | ||||
| Goat | American Pygmy | ||||
| Goat | Anglo Nubian | ANB | |||
| Goat | Angora | AGR | |||
| Goat | Arapawa | ARP | |||
| Goat | Auckland Island | ||||
| Goat | Australian Feral | ||||
| Goat | Azerbaijan | ||||
| Goat | Azpi Gorri | ||||
| Goat | Barbari | ||||
| Goat | Beetal | ||||
| Goat | Bengal | ||||
| Goat | Berber | ||||
| Goat | Bezoar | ||||
| Goat | Boer | BOR | |||
| Goat | Boran | ||||
| Goat | British Alpine | BAL | |||
| Goat | Brown Shorthair Goat | ||||
| Goat | Bunte Deutsche Edelziege | ||||
| Goat | Carpathian Goat | ||||
| Goat | Cashmere | CHM | |||
| Goat | Coloured Chamois Goat | ||||
| Goat | Creole | ||||
| Goat | Criollo | ||||
| Goat | Crossbred Goat | ||||
| Goat | Cyprus | ||||
| Goat | Damascus | ||||
| Goat | Dutch Pied | ||||
| Goat | Fiji | ||||
| Goat | French Alpine | ||||
| Goat | Gaddi | ||||
| Goat | German Improved Fawn | ||||
| Goat | Granada | ||||
| Goat | Grisons Striped | ||||
| Goat | Guadalupe Island | ||||
| Goat | Hebei Dairy | ||||
| Goat | Indo-Chinese | ||||
| Goat | Jamnapari | ||||
| Goat | Kalahari Red | ||||
| Goat | Kamori | ||||
| Goat | Karachai | ||||
| Goat | Katjang | ||||
| Goat | Kigezi | ||||
| Goat | Kiko | KIK | |||
| Goat | Kurdi | ||||
| Goat | La Mancha | ||||
| Goat | Lamancha | ||||
| Goat | Lori | ||||
| Goat | Maltese | ||||
| Goat | Maradi | ||||
| Goat | Markhor | ||||
| Goat | Masai | ||||
| Goat | Maure | ||||
| Goat | Mingrelian | ||||
| Goat | Mongolian Cashmere Goat | ||||
| Goat | Moussoro | ||||
| Goat | Murcia-Granada | ||||
| Goat | Murciana | ||||
| Goat | New Zealand Base Stock | ||||
| Goat | Nguni | ||||
| Goat | Nigerian Dwarf | ||||
| Goat | Norwegian Landrace | ||||
| Goat | NZ Feral | NZF | |||
| Goat | Oberhasli | ||||
| Goat | Pateri | ||||
| Goat | Peacock Goat | ||||
| Goat | Poitou | ||||
| Goat | Red Sokoto | ||||
| Goat | Russian Central Asian Local | ||||
| Goat | Coarse-Haired | ||||
| Goat | Saanen | SAN | |||
| Goat | Sable | SBL | |||
| Goat | Sahelian | ||||
| Goat | San Clemente | ||||
| Goat | Savanna | ||||
| Goat | Shukria | ||||
| Goat | Sinai | ||||
| Goat | Small East African | ||||
| Goat | Somali | ||||
| Goat | Soviet Mohair | ||||
| Goat | Sudanese Desert | ||||
| Goat | Sudanese Nubian | ||||
| Goat | Syrian Mountain | ||||
| Goat | Tennessee Fainting | ||||
| Goat | Tibetan | ||||
| Goat | Toggenburg | TGB | |||
| Goat | Tswana | ||||
| Goat | Tuareg | ||||
| Goat | Unknown Goat | ||||
| Goat | Valais Blackneck | ||||
| Goat | Waipu | WPU | |||
| Goat | Weiße Deutsche Edelziege | ||||
| Goat | West African Dwarf | ||||
| Goat | Western Goat | ||||
| Goat | White Shorthaired Goat |